"You are now entering a dummy-free zone"

We finally decided that enough was enough with Ted and his dummies. They seemed to be more of a distraction than a comfort, so we started off by simply not sending one with him to nursery. That seemed to work - he actually slept normally all this week at nursery.

So this afternoon, we went for a dummy-less sleep at home. After some (and I do mean some) whinging he settled down and slept nicely for over an hour.

So... After his nap we ceremonially binned the dummies (he wouldn't help, but he didn't get too upset). One bath and story time later, and again after some whinging ("Book, Mummy", "Light on, Mummy" ... "Light off, Mummy") he's now settled quietly.

Watch this space...